However, on his death, Freddie only left Jim £500,000 ($1million at the time of his death) and left most of his wealth to his first love, Mary Austin. It has been reported that Jim believed Freddie intended to leave him the house, however Freddie's former assistant Peter Freestone said this was unlikely the case.
In Freddie's final will and testament, Jim received £500,000 – the same as Joe and Peter. Undoubtedly, this was a large sum of money, especially in 1991, but it was dwarfed by what Freddie left Mary.
Three years after Freddie's death, Jim published a book about his time with the singer titled Mercury and Me. He worked as Freddie's gardener after moving into the singer's Kensington mansion, and preferred to stay away from the rock and roll lifestyle.
Freddie signed a will in September 1991, that gave half of his vast wealth to Mary and the rest to his parents and sister. Most of his friends, including lover Jim Hutton, were given £500,000 each or a house. Mary was Freddie's bedside holding his hand when he passed away at the age of 45.
Now the huge success of the movie about the band Queen will see Mary Austin, the former fiancee of lead singer Freddie Mercury, scoop around $75million in royalties. She met Mercury in 1970 when she was a 19-year-old art student and they moved in together before he was famous.
Brian May – US$210 million
Coming in at No 1, the richest Queen member is guitarist (and astrophysicist!) Brian May.
Yes! authorship royalties. A part of the distribution rights royalties (because of his co-ownership of Queen Ltd.)
With his farewell look straight at the camera as the song ends, Mercury whispers "I still love you", directed to his fans, which are his last words on camera. Director of the video Rudi Dolezal comments, "AIDS was never a topic. We never discussed it. He didn't want to talk about it.
She has two sons with painter Piers Cameron, Richard to whom Mercury was godfather, and Jamie, born shortly after Mercury's death. Though she never married Cameron, a marriage to businessman Nick Holford ended in divorce after five years.
Jim Hutton and Freddie Mercury were both private individuals
It wasn't until after Mercury's death and the release of Hutton's memoirs in 1994 that fans were able to get a glimpse into their relationship. The book included many intimate photos of the pair from their many happy years together.
Jim Hutton, a "handsome and charismatic Irishman," worked as a hairdresser in London before meeting the music icon and becoming his lover. Jim Hutton met the Queen singer in a gay nightclub named Heaven in March 1985. The duo would go on to spend the remaining seven years of Mercury's life together.
The guests included the star's bandmates and their wives, as well as Elton John, Mary Austin and Freddie's partner Jim Hutton.
His father Bomi attended Freddie's funeral after his sad death from bronchial pneumonia, and the small family moved up to Nottingham away from London to be out of the spotlight.
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Rami himself has revealed that he is lip-syncing, but it's not just Freddie's voice that we hear. "It is an amalgamation of a few voices," he told the Metro US. "But predominantly it is my hope and the hope of everyone that we will hear as much Freddie as possible. I think that is the goal for all of us."
These days, Mary, 70, lives a quiet life in the London mansion Freddie left to her where Queen fans still make regular visits to pay their respects. She has been married twice but is now divorced. She shares two grown-up sons, Jamie and Richard, with one of her exes, Piers Cameron.
They had a bond which people who are together forever have.” Mary and Freddie had been together for four years when the newly famous singer, proposed. Mary later said of the engagement: “I was speechless.
"Mother Love" is a song by Queen, from the album Made in Heaven, released in 1995 after Freddie Mercury's death in 1991. It was written by Mercury and Brian May. Mercury recorded two out of three verses before becoming too sickly to continue recording, so May recorded the final verse himself later.
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Freddie Mercury's Funeral - Dear Friends & Lily Of The Valley Acoustic Guitar By James Rundle - YouTube.
Currently, Queen's catalogue is owned by Disney Music Group which purchased the rights for a reported $10 million in 1991. Speaking with CNN, a source close to the acquisition revealed that the discussions were “well underway” and the deal would be finalised “within one month.”
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“We thought it would do well in the end, we felt good about it, but we didn't realize it would do that well,” May said in a recent interview on BBC Radio 2's The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show. “It's incredible around the world. It's like a billion-dollar movie.”
Brian May elaborated in an interview with Rolling Stone, saying: "We don't, really [speak to John]. He doesn't want to. He wants to be private and in his own universe." "He's completely retired from any kind of social contact," Roger added.